Do we still believe in the Nigerian dream?

[Queen uloma]

When we been Dey grow up them teach us say hard work, education and patience go pay off for this our country Nigeria, but with the way things Dey go, no employment, people Dey japa, our culture and daily uncertainty, not knowing how our Tomorrow go be, whether prices for things go rise overnight, sometimes I Dey ask if Nigerian dream still Dey alive or e done change completely, what does future holds for us? Waiting Nigerian dream even mean for this 2026? Let’s hear your honest thoughts?

[Livingleged]

The truth is, the Nigerian dream hasn’t died..it’s evolving under pressure. For many young people today, it increasingly means building resilience through entrepreneurship, tech skills, remote work for foreign companies, or yes, emigrating for better opportunities abroad. Remittances from the diaspora are already a lifeline, and “japa” isn’t just escape; it’s often a strategic move to support families back home.

Yet this brain drain hurts: doctors, engineers, and IT pros leaving in droves weakens healthcare, education, and innovation here, creating a cycle where uncertainty pushes more to go. Culture plays a role too, our strong family ties and communal spirit keep many rooted, but daily uncertainties like overnight price hikes erode hope. The future holds potential if reforms deepen. non-oil sectors like tech and services are growing, and a youthful population could drive real progress if jobs materialize and security improves.

 But honestly, waiting passively for the old dream to revive won’t cut it. The new Nigerian dream might be about creating your own path hustling smarter, leveraging digital opportunities, and demanding better governance while holding onto that unshakeable Naija spirit. It’s not the fairy tale we were taught, but with grit and collective push, 2026 and beyond could still surprise us positively. Hang in there Nigeria’s story isn’t over yet.

[Solodoski]

I think there was ever a time that Nigeria had a dream and even if they claim to have, it's just formalities, because a country with a dream will never act this way. The government really don't care about any citizen, rather they just care about their pockets. Nigeria keeps regressing in every administration and you tell me we have a dream. A country where we don't have common light, good drinking water, unemployment, corrupt leaders, no good infrastructures, our leaders are not accountable,  the list just goes on.
In my opinion we can only make ourselves better and forget about what the country or government can do for us. Our dreams should be how to improve our lives on our own and stop hoping on the so called Nigeria dreams, else you want to be disappointed by this country.

[cxtreenal]

When we been Dey grow up them teach us say hard work, education and patience go pay off for this our country Nigeria, but with the way things Dey go, no employment, people Dey japa, our culture and daily uncertainty, not knowing how our Tomorrow go be, whether prices for things go rise overnight, sometimes I Dey ask if Nigerian dream still Dey alive or e done change completely, what does future holds for us? Waiting Nigerian dream even mean for this 2026? Let’s hear your honest thoughts?

Reduce the pressure of expectations from others and you will not be sad. Trust yourself and gain skills. Travel to gain skills, maybe to a different country or to another village or city. You have to go out of the house to learn. Intelligent people do not sit around depending on the government's response. There are many poor people living a lazy life. Keep yourself away from them. Your life will change.

[ArabBTC]

Nigeria as a country has no dream sincerely speaking, even the once had in the past has been destroyed, corruption has become the other of the day and complete disregard for standards, we also don’t pay attention to agriculture, education and skill acquisition all our leaders are bothered about is how to borrow money from foreign nations and sell our crude oil without any form of investment that will benefit the masses.

How can a country have a dream or vision when they lack basic foundations, we import almost everything, we don’t look for a way to improve on our own locally just like developed nations started gradually with continued progress until they got to this stage they are, our problem started as a nation when we stopped valuing our own cultural heritage, resources and locally made materials instead we now import everything from the white man, tell me how growth and development will come if we don’t improve on our skill and find ways to harness our resources by ourselves and transform them into refined finished products for our consumption.

We don’t have a dream or vision as a country, the only way things can take a new leap is when we first correct our faulty foundations, we have disappointed our past heroes and buried the Nigerian dream out of greed and corruption.

[Jubilee58]

As Nigerians, the earlier we realize ourselves, the better for us. We should strive for self reliance or self employed instead of waiting for government. As Nigerians, we should acquire education, learn good skills and invest in ourselves as much as we can. When we develop ourselves with both academic and vocational training, it is for our own advantage and will help us confront or combat any situation that we may face as a result of unstable government.

Nigeria government cannot do every for us and if we rely on Nigeria government, it means we don't want to grow. If we look round the world or the Nigeria that we are into , the most successful people are not made by Nigeria government, rather the most successful people are those who built themselves without depending on the federal government of Nigeria through entrepreneurship and other skills.

Bitcoin can restore our hope in Nigeria. With bitcoin investment we can be financial independent, and our money will retain it's value. Bitcoin has made millionaires and has turned little investment into fortune. So if we can invest in Bitcoin, our financial dreams can be achieved without depending on the federal government of Nigeria.

[Spaceman1000$]

When we been Dey grow up them teach us say hard work, education and patience go pay off for this our country Nigeria, but with the way things Dey go, no employment, people Dey japa, our culture and daily uncertainty, not knowing how our Tomorrow go be, whether prices for things go rise overnight, sometimes I Dey ask if Nigerian dream still Dey alive or e done change completely, what does future holds for us? Waiting Nigerian dream even mean for this 2026? Let’s hear your honest thoughts?

Plenty dreams don die for dis we country, the challenge's wey the young ones dey face don make some people stopt to pursue their dreams, as government bad, the thing don trickle down affect the passion wey people get to achieve their dreams. But immediately some of this persons get the opportunity to go overseas, you go see how well dem succeed in achieving their dreams, this whole thing dey make things look like say the grass is greener on the other side.

[FirmWars]

If their dream nah only education, that means them no get dreams, a better country way get the interest of her people for mind will not do the way our leaders just they follow us they play, we know say we get our own role to play too but if our government step up the game and create more functional industries, if them sponsor so many things for the country, many people go they leave large and them go they enjoy themselves even without education. Imagine say even though you no go school, you get work way they feed you and your family, e go they very hard for some people to even just think about school because them already they comfortable and I don't think if our government can return such comfort in Nigeria. Make we buckle up and do watin we fit do to survive and also they hope for better days to come.

[B-BossMan]

When we been Dey grow up them teach us say hard work, education and patience go pay off for this our country Nigeria, but with the way things Dey go, no employment, people Dey japa, our culture and daily uncertainty, not knowing how our Tomorrow go be, whether prices for things go rise overnight, sometimes I Dey ask if Nigerian dream still Dey alive or e done change completely, what does future holds for us? Waiting Nigerian dream even mean for this 2026? Let’s hear your honest thoughts?

It's not easy at all, but what I always tells my friends was thanking God for sparing our lives to witness each day, ever since I wise up and start realizing how things goes in this country, I don't believe some of our dreams would come through any time soon, because the economy is getting worse day by day and people continue living, however the life we are living now is the life we prayed for, so I have seen and experienced so many things in life, but the main challenges now is how would the future of our children maybe?. The best thing is to struggle for the children's background in terms of education, not necessarily till they went higher in school and aquire certificates, the basics educational background is ok for them, teach them the business plans, let them open up on stable financial struggle and encourage them to invest early in any kind of profitable business in order to achieve thier goals in life.
 

[DYOR+BTC]

When we been Dey grow up them teach us say hard work, education and patience go pay off for this our country Nigeria, but with the way things Dey go, no employment, people Dey japa, our culture and daily uncertainty, not knowing how our Tomorrow go be, whether prices for things go rise overnight, sometimes I Dey ask if Nigerian dream still Dey alive or e done change completely, what does future holds for us? Waiting Nigerian dream even mean for this 2026? Let’s hear your honest thoughts?

The Nigeria i see in 2026 is a vision less  country, all we have as political representatives are parasites who lives and depends on there host without rendering and positive change in the life of its host. No doubt success comes from hard work, education, patience etc. But because of the leadership pattern in Nigeria, everything has changed and real definition of success changed from hard work to connection and may even get worse except our leaders that are busy chasing self treasures will revamp there thinking and focus on the betterment of our country Nigeria if not there won't be Nigeria in 10 years to come.

[DYOR+BTC]

When we been Dey grow up them teach us say hard work, education and patience go pay off for this our country Nigeria, but with the way things Dey go, no employment, people Dey japa, our culture and daily uncertainty, not knowing how our Tomorrow go be, whether prices for things go rise overnight, sometimes I Dey ask if Nigerian dream still Dey alive or e done change completely, what does future holds for us? Waiting Nigerian dream even mean for this 2026? Let’s hear your honest thoughts?

The Nigeria i see in 2026 is a vision less  country, all we have as political representatives are parasites who lives and depends on there host without rendering and positive change in the life of its host. No doubt success comes from hard work, education, patience etc. But because of the leadership pattern in Nigeria, everything has changed and real definition of success changed from hard work to connection and may even get worse except our leaders that are busy chasing self treasures will revamp there thinking and focus on the betterment of our country Nigeria if not there won't be Nigeria in 10 years to come

[Kelward]

Di official Nigerian dream be O Y O meaning On Your Own, especially for our youths, if you de wait for Nigerian government to write your official dream e mean say poverty de wait for you. Clearly Nigerian government no get any better plans for di youth and dat na why di average youth de find ways to japa to Europe and America, where dem go get better life. Na recycled politicians still de rule us, di only work wey dem get for di youths na tugery and ballot snatching, di old cargoes no de ready to give youths any chance to excel. Our futures are in our hands as youths of Nigeria, if you have dreams to succeed you need to work hard without expecting any assistance, na our reality be dat.

[DanDizzy2]

When we been Dey grow up them teach us say hard work, education and patience go pay off for this our country Nigeria, but with the way things Dey go, no employment, people Dey japa, our culture and daily uncertainty, not knowing how our Tomorrow go be, whether prices for things go rise overnight, sometimes I Dey ask if Nigerian dream still Dey alive or e done change completely, what does future holds for us? Waiting Nigerian dream even mean for this 2026? Let’s hear your honest thoughts?

at first, we will have to consider what we were told about Nigeria, what we are seeing as the day goes by every day by day, government that comes and go the policies they make. It's after all this considerations that we now no if there's a dream to believe in. How can a nation that has no job plans for its citizens be taxing it's citizens on everything knowing too well that majority of its citizens are not doing anything in the name of job. Sir/ma if you ask me I will say that there's no dream here
A friend of mine in the UK said that the UK government changes it's policy every two years
The question is does our leaders even have a blueprint that they are working with that will now serve as an assurance that by 2030 this is where the country will be
No dream to believe in
If you must survive in Nigeria then you must do you feel is right because surviver in Nigeria is a personal thing thank you

[Rubuchi]

When we been Dey grow up them teach us say hard work, education and patience go pay off for this our country Nigeria, but with the way things Dey go, no employment, people Dey japa, our culture and daily uncertainty, not knowing how our Tomorrow go be, whether prices for things go rise overnight, sometimes I Dey ask if Nigerian dream still Dey alive or e done change completely, what does future holds for us? Waiting Nigerian dream even mean for this 2026? Let’s hear your honest thoughts?

ordinarily for every country wey I sabi wey dey grow well with their economy and development, na leaders wey dey inside government dey always promote the dreams of their country and some countries dey even design am as part of the oath you take before assuming any public office that you must follow whatever template that has been built in Favour of the country’s dream. But abeg make I ask you, have you ever heard of the Nigerian dream talk more of say make we follow the dream? Our leaders could not even come up with a concrete masterpiece that clearly defines the Nigerian dream and what such dreams and aspirations mean to the development of the country, so tell me how we want take even believe in the dream that does not exist?

[Africolo]

When we been Dey grow up them teach us say hard work, education and patience go pay off for this our country Nigeria, but with the way things Dey go, no employment, people Dey japa, our culture and daily uncertainty, not knowing how our Tomorrow go be, whether prices for things go rise overnight, sometimes I Dey ask if Nigerian dream still Dey alive or e done change completely, what does future holds for us? Waiting Nigerian dream even mean for this 2026? Let’s hear your honest thoughts?

Nigeria's dream is not death and we still believe that someday Nigeria will get better, the only problem we have is bad leaders if  a leader with vision just as the likes of the former late President Umaru Musa Yar adua comes into power again then there will be changes in the system, He brought the vision 2020 and unfortunately he died in active service, the Nigerian economy is nothing to write home about, naira devalues on a daily and the average Nigerians can't even survive, yet we still believe it will get better.

People say we are the giant of Africa but I haven't seen what made us giant when we are underdeveloped, no good roads and other social Amenities, our leaders fly abroad to seek medical treatment living us with no good hospitals and schools, all they do is to embezzle funds meant for the Masses. In Nigeria after graduation our graduates becomes POS agents because there is no jobs. But hopefully just one day Nigeria will be great if a good leader emerges to become her president.

[Ndabagi01]

When we been Dey grow up them teach us say hard work, education and patience go pay off for this our country Nigeria, but with the way things Dey go, no employment, people Dey japa, our culture and daily uncertainty, not knowing how our Tomorrow go be, whether prices for things go rise overnight, sometimes I Dey ask if Nigerian dream still Dey alive or e done change completely, what does future holds for us? Waiting Nigerian dream even mean for this 2026? Let’s hear your honest thoughts?

Just like yesterday we go dey sing for primary school about how Nigeria go better, say our country go better. Things never too dey like this that time and we still dey pray say make e better because we know how things suppose be when things better pass before. But as e be now, things no remain like before, e come worst pass before wey been dey pray to get better.

This Nigeria dream fit come only maybe during our children or grand kids generational time. Things no look like say e go better my brother but as a patriotic Nigerians wey we be, we still dey hope for a better tomorrow for the country and no lose hope entirely say we go dey worst dy go. 2026 na another new year wey we hope say things go better, if not na evolution to happen na him I dey feel say go better this country in the long run last last.

[Agbe]

Every Nigerian get how dem dey dream Nigeria future. The way politicians dey think about di future e dey different from the masses. We have been told that children are leaders of tomorrow, but that is a fallacy from the primary school teachers. Op, it is only the masses that are complaining the hardship in the country but as the the leaders, Nigeria has achieved their dream to the great Nation they dreamed of. If you see how they are praising Nigeria President, you will be wondering if this people care for for the masses. My own be say make di country just divide make everyone rest on their own. Nigeria will not better than this again. Look at the Dollar Rate with the Fiat money. Look at di inflation. When Goodluck was there, a bag of rice was 15-18k but now e dey 65-75k. Nigeria is not working again. Division is the best.

[Tonimez]

When we been Dey grow up them teach us say hard work, education and patience go pay off for this our country Nigeria, but with the way things Dey go, no employment, people Dey japa, our culture and daily uncertainty, not knowing how our Tomorrow go be, whether prices for things go rise overnight, sometimes I Dey ask if Nigerian dream still Dey alive or e done change completely, what does future holds for us? Waiting Nigerian dream even mean for this 2026? Let’s hear your honest thoughts?

The situation of bad leadership is a general problem in Africa and beyond. I have always heard that children are the leaders of tomorrow since I was tender, I have been hearing that talk but in reality it doesn't exist. In my own opinion I won't want to act like an unbeliever so I will only say that everyone should be optimistic and contribute your quota in any measure you can to make the Nigerian system to work. Nigeria is our own and we can decide to end this bad governance when the youths unite against election rigging and vote buying.

Every illegal electoral process has a youth in the forefront. If youths decide today that Nigeria will be good, it may not happen immediately but it will happen very sooner than anyone can imagine. Youths are the driving force so before we blame our leaders, we should also blame their tools (the youths) which they use to commit every evil they do.